Originally Posted by
ClutchCargo
What, they just called you out of the blue? I thought you were finished with aviation. Why would they call you for an interview unless you had submitted your resume?
Forget Alaska. By your own admissions you could never survive on first year pay.
I've got a 0615 launch tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you when we take the active. How I stuck with the program even when things were crappy. How YOU quit and now in your unhappiness all you can do is try to dash others' hopes of a satisfying aviation career.
Blue Skies!
Nope I am not finished with my Alaska Airlines dream. I am however done with dead end low pay slave operations. It isn't the first year pay that I am concerned with but what comes after that. I could survive 26K for one year.
My point is to spread the facts about ones real chances of making it to a better job in this industry. To inform on what kind of sacrifices and costs are required in order to put your cards on the table. And what life is like along the way.
I am not stupid. I have already paid my dues. Alaska Airlines has my resume and if magic strikes I will not turn it down. However I am not going to waste another day of my life standing in line at some miserable regional or start up anymore. At some point you have to stand up for yourself and save what life you have left.
SkyHigh